Section 130F Arrangements under section 130E for Welsh qualifying compulsory patientsF1

England and Wales

(1)

The help available to a Welsh qualifying compulsory patient under arrangements under section 130E shall include help in obtaining information about and understanding–

(a)

the provisions of this Act by virtue of which he is a qualifying compulsory patient;

(b)

any conditions or restrictions to which he is subject by virtue of this Act;

(c)

what (if any) medical treatment is given to him or is proposed or discussed in his case;

(d)

why it is given, proposed or discussed;

(e)

the authority under which it is, or would be, given; and

(f)

the requirements of this Act which apply, or would apply, in connection with the giving of the treatment to him.

(2)

The help available under the arrangements to a Welsh qualifying compulsory patient shall also include–

(a)

help in obtaining information about and understanding any rights which may be exercised under this Act by or in relation to him;

(b)

help (by way of representation or otherwise)–

(i)

in exercising the rights referred to in paragraph (a);

(ii)

for patients who wish to become involved, or more involved, in decisions made about their care or treatment, or care or treatment generally;

(iii)

for patients who wish to complain about their care or treatment;

(c)

the provision of information about other services which are or may be available to the patient;

(d)

other help specified in regulations made by the Welsh Ministers.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 130F inserted (15.2.2011 for specified purposes, 3.1.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (nawm 7), ss. 32, 55(1), (2); S.I. 2011/3046, art. 2(b) (with art. 5)

Notes on the whole Act

Textual amendments

F1: For the words "Supreme Court Act 1981" there is substituted (1.10.2009) the words "Senior Courts Act 1981" by virtue of Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4), ss. 59, 148(1), Sch. 11 para. 1(2); S.I. 2009/1604, art. 2(d)